CVE-2026-78367
Rpm: rpmbuild gettarspec() crafted tar member name → macro injection
What happened?
A vulnerability was found in RPM's rpmbuild tarball processing. When processing a crafted source archive, the getTarSpec() function in tools/rpmbuild.cc passes an attacker-controlled tar archive member name to rpmExpand() as part of a %{basename:...} macro expression. A specially crafted .spec member name can therefore inject RPM macros, including Lua expressions, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running rpmbuild. This can be exploited when a victim or automated build system processes an attacker-controlled source tarball using rpmbuild tarball mode (such as -ts, -ta, or -tb).
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| rpm-mainRed Hat | unaffected: 6.1.0-1.3.hum1 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| rpmRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| rpmRed Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rpmRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| rpmRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| rpmRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-core-bff-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-dashboard-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kf-notebook-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kserve-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kserve-llmisvc-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kserve-module-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kuberay-operator-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-llama-stack-k8s-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-maas-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mlflow-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-agent-ops-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-autorag-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-eval-hub-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-mod-arch-model-registry-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-model-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-model-registry-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-model-serving-api-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-notebook-controller-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unknown | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-ogx-k8s-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-ogx-module-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-trustyai-service-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| rhoai/odh-workbenches-operator-rhel9Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.